The BD+14 4559 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 160.96 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.49 solar masses |
Radius | 0.86 solar radiae |
Temperature | 4864 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.17 decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, BD+14 4559 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 330.543 Earth masses |
Density | 0.691 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 13.800 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.78 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.29 |
Orbital Period | 268.940 days |
Discovery Method | Radial Velocity |
Discovery Facility | McDonald Observatory |
Discovery Telescope | 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | High Resolution Spectrograph |
Discovery Date | 2009-12 |
Reference | Niedzielski et al. 2009 |